This is just getting progressively worse – it's everything Megatron has been doing his level best to avoid having to deal with ever since Orion stepped on board his ship.
Even as he feels Orion's words like a great, dull weight pulling on his spark, in the back of his mind he's thinking what a grand opportunity it could be, to secure his greatest enemy's unwitting devotion, to use that devotion to obliterate the morale of those who will inevitably rise to take Optimus Prime's place...
But he fears that would be a lie that even he could not maintain.
Megatron is rarely the first to break eye contact with anyone, but he looks away now.
"These are difficult times, Orion – now more than ever. Surely you understand it is hardly appropriate – constructive – to prioritise such concerns..."
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Even as he feels Orion's words like a great, dull weight pulling on his spark, in the back of his mind he's thinking what a grand opportunity it could be, to secure his greatest enemy's unwitting devotion, to use that devotion to obliterate the morale of those who will inevitably rise to take Optimus Prime's place...
But he fears that would be a lie that even he could not maintain.
Megatron is rarely the first to break eye contact with anyone, but he looks away now.
"These are difficult times, Orion – now more than ever. Surely you understand it is hardly appropriate – constructive – to prioritise such concerns..."